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Introduction: Objective assessment of hand injuries is a complex subject. However, an objective assessment, leading to a score, can help in predicting outcome and can be used as a research tool. Campbell and Kay have devised one such score known as 'hand injury severity score' or HISS [J. Hand. Surg. [Br.] 21 (3) (1996) 295]. A study on this score has been carried out in our institute. The idea was...
Objective: To compare, the costs of diagnosing suspected scaphoid fractures using various protocols with various scanning techniques. Design: Analysis of the cost-minimisation models. The models were prepared after an audit of the existing protocol for suspected scaphoid fractures. Setting: Departments of Accident and Emergency and Orthopaedics, Leighton General Hospital, Crew, Cheshire, UK. Subjects:...
A case control study was carried out in the Orthopaedic Department of Bradford Royal Infirmary in an attempt to see if certain medical conditions, which can affect balance and stability, are more common in those who sustain a second proximal femoral fracture. Medical conditions included in the study were: late effects of cerebro-vascular accident, blindness, syncope and collapse, alcoholism, Alzheimer's...
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